Originally posted by Mintwithahole.
Unfortunately, most of that food is fried or full of saturated fat.
Thats the problem, it's those 'feel good' instant gratification foods that more or less addict some people.
You can take that greasy KFC away from them and give them a salad, and it won't be touched. Simply because, it's not the food their body is craving,
but the decadent slosh of fat that sedates them and creates the lethargy they associate with the feeling satiated.
That's probly why where I live, in one block alone, there is 3 bottle shops (1 pub, two liquor lands), a KFC, a SUBWAY, a McDonalds, a Charcoal
Chicken, a Pretzal store (I mean, those ones that are more like a corissant covered in garlic sauce, parmesian, etc..), a Chicken Treat, a Nandos
chicken, a Dominos pizza...
Thats just the fast food outlets that I can remember off hand.
They know that the combination of booze and grease is an easy money market. But for people who already have a problem in every day life, the
attraction must be obscene.
At least the asian grocers sell cheap decent veggies, so I try to spend more time perusing their stores for chillies and things I can make into a
tastey HOT next-day-regret salad..